Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2201, John Everhart, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Everhart, John
S. 2201
carded.
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act April 6 th 1828 from the 4 th of Septem- ber 1840 to 4 th March 1841. Agent notified April 21 st 1842.
Paid as above from 4 th Mar to 4 th Sept 1841. Ag t notified 27 th 1842
Letter to 3 d Auditor 12 July 1824.
Paid as above from 4 th Sep 1841 to 4 th March 1843. Ag t notified 24 th Oct 1844
5464 Pennsylvania
John Everhart
of _____ in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company, commanded by Captain Shultz _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col Hieston _____ in the Penn- line for Partial Service $20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Feb. 1832 and sent to Hon. H. G. Mahler Esq. Home Dept.
Arrears to 4 th of Sept. 1832 $30.00 Pensional allowance ending 4 th Mar 1833 10.00
$40.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Vincent Luce Clerk Book 5 Vol. 6 Page 54

State of Pennsylvania County of Berks
On the sixteenth day of January, A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the Honorable Gerrit Mallary Esquire and his Associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Berks. John Everhart a resident of Pike Township in the said County of Berks, aged seventy six years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated:
He was drafted in the militia, during the Revolutionary war and served a tour in the company of Captain George Shaller, the Lieutenant's name was Conius . He was marched to Long Island, he does not recollect the precise time when he served, nor the names of any of the other officers. He resided in Colebrookdale Township in the said County of Berks at the time, received no discharge, and has no documentary evidence of his said services.
He was again drafted and served a tour in the Regiment of Colonel Joseph Hister. He was marched to Trenton in New Jersey, he does not recollect the time nor the names of the other officers under whom he served. He never received a discharge, and has no documentary evidence of his said services.
He was a third time drafted and served a tour in the militia during the revolutionary war. He was marched towards Philadelphia whilst the British were in possession of that place. He does not recollect the time, nor the names of the officers under whom he served. He does not recollect with what Continental Regiments or Companies with which he served. He never received a discharge and has no documentary evidence of his said services.
He served in the whole for a period of nine months.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Pennsylvania.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid, in open court
His John X Everhart mark
Jac. Gilliam Forth

We Matthias Roth a resident of the Township of Rockland, and George Everhart of the Township of Pike in the said County of Berks hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Everhart, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County January 12 th 1833.
Chas. Donaghy
Matthias his Roth mark George Everhart
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Matthias Roth who has signed the preceding certificate is a Resident of the said Township of Rockland and George Everhart is a Resident of the said Township of Pike and are credible persons, and their statement, is entitled to credit.
I Jacob Tallade, Prothonotary and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Berks, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Everhart for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Jacob Tallade

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Everhart a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 2201.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ _____ ✓ George Shull Joseph Hilt Pa.                                                   
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Colebrookdale Twp. Berks Co. Pa. Date of application for pension, Jany. 16 1833. Residence at date of application, Pike Twp. Berks Co. Pa. Age at date of application, seventy-six yrs. Remarks: His claim was allowed.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mr. D. S. Eberhart said destroy letter written by Miss Helen Eberhart as he has already obtained desired information
Record requested by letter by
Miss Helen Eberhart 120 E. Cortin St., Bellefonte Pa.
obtained in person by
D. S. Eberhart 316 W 95 th N.Y.C.

January 2, 1928
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly furnish a copy of the pension records concern- ing the John or Eberhart  Eberhart , mentioned in Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 23, page 525 as having been pensioned February 11, 1833 at the age of 76?
Very truly yours
(Miss) Helen Eberhart
2410-20 th St. N.W., Apt. 309 Washington, D.C.

1913 Jan 3. History to Nancy C. Morrow letter in W. 2428 John Kinter c
Rev War
2201. INVALID.
File No. 2201
John Everhart Print Rev War
Act: June 1. 1832
Index:—Vol. 21 , Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 15 th , 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, John Everhart a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia, Pa. Agency, at the rate of — Twenty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1841, to the 4 th March 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 23 d , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
John Everhart, _____
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia _____ Agency, at the rate of Twenty _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1841
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Vans
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 31 st 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John Everhach — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Glendon L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

$20 per am
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Everhart which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? C. No. See Inquiry 5. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

John Everhart
Application for a Pension
Term of Service 9 months

Penn a Berks County ss.
On the fourteenth day of January A.D. 1833 before James Donagan one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. Personally appeared Matthias Roth of the Township of Rockland in the said County of Berks, whom I hereby certify to be a credible witness and whose statement is entitled to credit, who after being first duly sworn according to Law, saith on his oath that he is well acquainted with John Everhart who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that the said John Everhart served in the Militia during the revolutionary war, under the United States for a period of nine months, and that the facts stated in the foregoing declaration are true.  Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before,  his Matthias Roth mark.  J. Donagan
Penn a Berks County ss.
I Jacob Vallade, Prothonotary and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Berks, do hereby certify that, James Donagan before whom the foregoing Certificate, and Deposition were sworn to and subscribed is a justice of the Peace duly commissioned in and for the said County, and that the signatures thereto annexed are his genuine signatures
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
J. Vallade 

John Overhardt - The objection is that he has not mentioned with precision the length of his service.
He declares that he served three different terms in the militia & that he served in the whole for a period of nine months. It is true the precise period of service in the different terms is not mentioned, but as it appears from testimony in the case of Michael Reida, that one of the terms at least, that under Col. W. Reister, was for three months and as Mathias Roth a "credible witness" swears that he served for a period of nine months, it is hoped the testimony will be deemed sufficient. If not, there can be little doubt of his having served at least six months, for which period, instead of the nine months claimed, his pension may be rated.